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they're going to coordinate it with fema. i said earlier in the show it may not be president obama's fault, but the aftermath of this hurricane story may be blamed on him. obviously he's taking action to try to get out from under that blame. so tonight after the break, we're going to continue on this very story. who should pay for superstorm sandy's mass destruction? states or the federal government? president obama's encouraging fema to pick up the entire tab. what about local officials who really know their areas best? the full story coming up next. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made ener
they're going to coordinate it with fema. i said earlier in the show it may not be president obama's fault, but the aftermath of this hurricane story may be blamed on him. obviously he's taking action to try to get out from under that blame. so tonight after the break, we're going to continue on this very story. who should pay for superstorm sandy's mass destruction? states or the federal government? president obama's encouraging fema to pick up the entire tab. what about local officials who...
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first of all, there is enough money director fugate says for the fema part of the recovery, i think we voted $6.1 billion in the budget. there is enough in the fund right now. director fugate says. as far as the improvements that will have to be the supplemental appropriation and we'll have to have that be accounted for. but one way or the other, we'll have to have that be done. it is enormous not to improvement. it could have long-term economic consequences. we'll have to see what it is going to be. we'll have a commitment to make sure it is going to be done. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> millions are without power tonight. coming up. we'll ask the guy who runs the east coast utility companies when and how he plans to get that back on the grid. >> sandy, the path of destruction. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning you can feel. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with a patented safety alert seat. when there's danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find
first of all, there is enough money director fugate says for the fema part of the recovery, i think we voted $6.1 billion in the budget. there is enough in the fund right now. director fugate says. as far as the improvements that will have to be the supplemental appropriation and we'll have to have that be accounted for. but one way or the other, we'll have to have that be done. it is enormous not to improvement. it could have long-term economic consequences. we'll have to see what it is going...
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it was totally unnecessary. >> that's why i'm a little auspicious a spish suspicious of help wanting fema money. this is in the bloomberg endorsement. he says there is devoted little time and effort to developing as a company a lives centrists. it's doomed any real progress on guns, immigration, tax reform, job creation and deficit reduction and he has a divisive populous agenda. he's talking about barack obama. now, i'll admit, that ain't much of an endorsement. you have to agree with me on that. >> i totally agree. when i read it, i was like, hey, where is the endorsement part? but here's the central part, guys, that he does make and we can't escape. part of of the point that he makes on romney's positions with climate change is the not just climate change itself, but where he was and then where he is now. this idea that romney has since put politics ahead of this good science. and that's where kellyanne references -- >> he did that -- >> hold on. his point is the mitt romney that he knew all those years ago is not the right ring guy running for president now. that's the poink he makes.
it was totally unnecessary. >> that's why i'm a little auspicious a spish suspicious of help wanting fema money. this is in the bloomberg endorsement. he says there is devoted little time and effort to developing as a company a lives centrists. it's doomed any real progress on guns, immigration, tax reform, job creation and deficit reduction and he has a divisive populous agenda. he's talking about barack obama. now, i'll admit, that ain't much of an endorsement. you have to agree with me...
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fema right now is helping to bring in some equipment to help drive some of the equipment after the water gets pumped out of the tunnels in new york city. there are people everywhere. we've got an army of people out there work on this. you can criticize if you want to, but i don't know of anybody that is suggesting a way to do it better. >> it isn't a technical thing. it isn't the actual -- you know, the men, the hard hats and stuff. i've seen them up in connecticut. it's just the thought, tom, that in this day and age, 2012, trees are still falling on power lines, and that is paralyzing a third of the state of connecticut. trees shouldn't fall on power lines in october, november of 2012. somehow there's got to be a better way to do this. it just seems like i'm using a typewriter instead of a personal computer or an ipad. >> and when i read that our power grid is antiquated and dated by, you know, decades, that's not true? >> go anywhere else in the world, you'll see that it's not true, michelle. >> well, we're number one in the world. >> we are number one in the world. and if you want to
fema right now is helping to bring in some equipment to help drive some of the equipment after the water gets pumped out of the tunnels in new york city. there are people everywhere. we've got an army of people out there work on this. you can criticize if you want to, but i don't know of anybody that is suggesting a way to do it better. >> it isn't a technical thing. it isn't the actual -- you know, the men, the hard hats and stuff. i've seen them up in connecticut. it's just the thought,...
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sandy, new jersey, fema, business, hudson river, tappan zee bridge, all of the top trending topics on twitter. instagram has seen thousands of photos taken. interestingly delaware is the state with the highest amount of buzz around the storm followed by new jersey and then connecticut, but a picture is really what's worth a thousand words, and there are thousands of them. here are just a few. the fdyn, as you with see here, putting up a picture of the waves crashing into the bridge in brooklyn and then if you look over here, we've got a picture of the white house. this is the situation room. president obama tweeting out this very powerful. moving over here, you've got sandbags in jersey city, new jersey, justin solomon out with our reporter brian schactman in montauk tweeting that picture, and that's only gotten worse since then. there's more pictures from monta montauk. nbc's ron allen in atlantic city. check out this picture of al roker from this morning imagine what this must look like now in point pleasant, new jersey. can you see here we've got the fdr in new york city. over wate
sandy, new jersey, fema, business, hudson river, tappan zee bridge, all of the top trending topics on twitter. instagram has seen thousands of photos taken. interestingly delaware is the state with the highest amount of buzz around the storm followed by new jersey and then connecticut, but a picture is really what's worth a thousand words, and there are thousands of them. here are just a few. the fdyn, as you with see here, putting up a picture of the waves crashing into the bridge in brooklyn...